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Show Dailv L'tah Chronicle Februar H. 1974 Page Four rOBSGRVAtSOn Catching up with I Van ON. Hunter on the new women's Quote of i he be useful, it's got tobe ustii." sauna, "'If it's going to Call our bluff: Kumur had it that the Repertory Dance Theatre los-their federal grant for the upcoming season. When asked by the Chronicle w hat the University would do to help the company, a Park Building administrator said they had just heard about the defunding and that no formal plans had been outlined to help them. It turns out that the administrator and the rumor were both v ror.g. According to HOT Public Kebtions Director Kdie Harris, the rumor U "definately" not true. Once again a news lead has not panned out for us. But one wonders if POT and the administration have ever even been formally introduced. O Now that Coach Mo-- is gone and Lovat has take oxer the throne, we wonder if John Mooney will start comparing the football team's next records to Mtck's records instead of Mike Giddsngs'. It is proven fact now that Nixon has a habit of contradicting himself. He once told the public that his tapes had not been tampered with. Later, the expert proved him wrong. Then he promised that Agnew would not resign because he had not done anything wrong. Days later, Nixon was locking for a new second man. How he has told us that he definitely will remain in office. If the country is lucky, he'll be wrong again.... O Advance registration materials are due Friday. They must be turned in to t he Registrar's Office by 5 p.m. O The University basketball team will make or break itself Fridav night in the Secial K vents Center. They will t r.d up tied lor first place in the Western Athletic Conference it they defeat New Mexico. Another loss at home will put tbm out of contention, for the conference championship. 0 This week we're plugging the natatoriuni at HPF.H. Use it; your activity fees are paying for it. O A pipe manufacturer has recently released survey results on the pipe smoker's image. The survey said women think pipe smokers are especially sexy and superior men. From these findings. Academic Vice President Pete (iardner should be getting more winks than any other man on campus since he is a chain pipe puffer. O ASUU elections filing is supposed to close Friday. So far, most colleges hav e not had enough students file to even fill the vacancies. If you want to devote some time and energy to fellow students, file before f p.m. V-t-- k: t k r A Ov us many such possible consequences, all bad. He has also implied that the bonds of matrimony can turn these same consequences into good consequences. According to Heath, some of the bad consequences resulting for reading the Editorial Page 1 have not been able to believe my eyes. The Chronicle has been featuring a colunmist, Geoffrey R. Heath, who actually advocates the position that premarital and extramarital sex are unconditionally immoral! This is certainly neither my opinion nor that of most of the people I know and respect. The force of Heath's argument seems to depend upon his evaluation of the consequences of from non-marit- sexual al are unwanted and births, venereal pregnancies of diseases, loss respect for and and the eventual self, partner relationships descent into indiscriminate sexual hason with practically everybody. While I will admit that these consequences are sexual relationships outside marriage. Heath has catalogued Native American Studies Classes to be taught Spring Quarter, 1974 Cultural Foundations 2683 503-- (3) Minority Groups and the Public Schools Th 4:30-7:0MBH 302 R. Gomez C. Brandow 2 0 English 5518 588-- (3) Native American Oral Literature MWF 12:05-12:5- 5 OSH 111 E. Bulow 2 History possible, I also insist that they are not necessary consequences, particularly for those individuals who are mature and adequately T. Th 11:00-- 1 e History 1:50 Annex Bldg. 1030 L. Language 5517 101-MW (5) 1 7:15-9:4- Social Work 5345 375-MW (3) 1 2:15-3:4- 0 Navajo OSH 233 G. 5 Tyler J. Jefferson Johnson Native American in Modern Society SW 133 E. Brown For further information, call 581-843- 7 or come to Bldg. 463. Room 104. about knowledgeable con- traception, VD control and the considerate treatment of other human beings. It has been my experience, and the experience of the majority of people I like, that consequences of an entirely different sort can arise from sexual relationships outside of marriage. The use of contraceptive techniques has allowed us freedom from unplanned pregnancy. Being informed about one's own body and unafraid to visit a physician about venereal disease insures that we receive advice and, when necessary, immediate treatment. It is possible, in the real world, that one's spouse consider it neither here nor there that one has had sexual experience with other persons outside one's marriage; it is also possible that one's spouse is actually happy to be the recipient of one's cumulative sexual experience. In neither kind of case is it a necessary consequence that a person lose respect for his sexual partner, marital or otherwise, simply because that partner has had other sexual experiences. sexual Nor is having relationships a necessary consequence of having had one such relationship. The number of sexual relationships (of any kind) that one person can enter into, over time, is related to the particular characteristics (some of them, I believe, necessarily healthy) of the given individual. As for the blessings of matrimony, I would point out to Heath that unwanted births can, and do, occur as easily within a marriage as without; that it is entirely possible for some non- non-marit- Ute-Piut- 'fern' 'Av A ! V possible consequences, ur even the most prevalent ones I do not claim that the cona above and all, that, marriages; I have reported here mature and loving attitude will sequences f a guarantee that not entail guilt for one's having carry one can never be hurt by anothc-sexual entered into a person. What I do affirm is that relationship with another inthose people who subscribe to the dividual; yet, sadly, the "new" morality, in attitude as disrespect of and condescension well as in behavior, are the people toward one's partner for having who are an honest effort had such relationships can to learn making and to grow. All in all. produce guilt in both partners, they deserve my respect, and which can be more difficult to that of Heath as well. cope with than acceptance of one's partner for all he is; and What I have done is to offpr real-worlwhich can, in the end, destroy the possibilities,, human relationship which stands frequently actualized by ma to beind the marriage license. as counter-example- s which The other possible con- the bad consequences sexual Geoffrey R. Heath has put sequences of I have that relationships put forward as the only possibly fool-proo- by Vityinia Pierce BroiKjL anthropology major. During the past few weeks of (3) ' r Virginia Pierce B rough is a junior 5 1 marital sexual relationships to be and personally better, some than economically, Tlie 'new' morality can be good for you 591-- ' r if AnotheR view 5527 )A vV al non-marit- d tun-people- non-marit- forward are also of conditions facts, descriptions pertaining to normal, learning, maturing people in the actual world. I sympathize with Heath's views, insofar as I believe that his sense of repulsion concerning sex outside marriage is motivated by good will and a desire for the world to be neatly arranged so that no one gets hurt. And so I defend his right to say what he feels. But I do not support Heath's contentions that the consequences of non-marit- al sexual relationships, as he reports them, are the only sexual of relationships outside marriage. So his justifying his attack on this practice by citing narrow-minde- consequences d straw-ma- n consequences just doesn't make it. If he has other reasons for attacking sexual activity, then let him put them out on the table where everyone can evaluate them. At least, let him acknowledge the fact that others non-marit- have had good experiences of sex outside marriage, and that for these people it can be a learning experience of the most sanguine variety, and a true joy. 6aiLy utah chRonicle Published daily, except during test week, by the Publications Council of the University of Utah. The opinions expressed on the editorial pages of the Daily Utah Chronicle do not necessarily represent the views of the studentbody or the University administration Subscription rates $4.00 a quarter or $12.00 for the school year. Send check or money order to the Daily Utah Chronicle, north wing of the Union Bldg., University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah 84112. K. Roulhac Gam Editor-in-Chie- f al John Cummock Manager HuninpHH Managing Editor News Editor Editorial Asst. Stephen Schowengerdt Cruet Lopv Editor urela .Joe Kelleher Lauri Hobbs |
